Semi-empirical nonlinear site amplification from NGA-West2 data and simulations

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1241-1256

  Seyhan, Emel ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^b  

^a Risk Management Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES;

GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION SCALING; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR SITE AMPLIFICATION; PEAK ACCELERATION; REFERENCE VELOCITY; REGIONAL TRENDS; SITE AMPLIFICATION;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; NONLINEARITY; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 84907528426     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/063013EQS181M     Document Type: Article

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